Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna of the Magnificat
Alternate Title:
Our Lady of the Magnificat
Image View:
Overall view of panel (with black background)
Creator:
Bernardo Daddi (Italian painter, active ca. 1280-1348)
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 40174
Location Note:
Pinacoteca, Room II
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 1335-1337 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
tabernacle (liturgical container)
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
painting
Material:
tempera paint and gold gilding on wood panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Description:
Fragment of the center panel of a tabernacle with shutter panels. Mary holds her work, the Magnificat, or Song of Mary, a canticle or sung hymn. The text of the canticle is taken directly from the Gospel of Luke (1:46-55). (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://mv.vatican.va /)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-DADDI-VM-MM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Madonna of the Magnificat